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​THE END OF THE DEBATE

The embargo has lifted on @bachyns and my CTE paper in Neurology, and it's a big one.

Headline: prevalence of CTE in NFL retirees is AT LEAST 10% - and plausibly much higher (20-50%).

Nobody's estimated this before in academic lit. Scary stuff.https://t.co/54RG34dZuY ($) pic.twitter.com/X0XQxtKDCt

— Zachary Binney (@zbinney_NFLinj) November 28, 2018

If these findings extended to nearly any other occupation there would be an outcry for change. This is completely unacceptable. https://t.co/CWOY77jjtz

— Joseph Schwartz (@schwartz_j) November 29, 2018

There is a body of literature on brain injury & acute & chronic disease a century old pointing to this moment. There’re banks of diseased brains & folks with persistent symptoms that never clear. And, now, decent numbers for one occupation. What more could anyone possibly need?

— Stephen T Casper (@TheNeuroTimes) November 30, 2018
OSHA: Occupational disease risks above
ONE chancer per THOUSAND


EPA:     ONE
 chance per MILLION.



​SCHOOLS must lead.

​Teachers must demand CHANGE.

REPETITIVE BRAIN TRAUMA
is a public health problem
​of massive proportions.​

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​THE END OF THE DEBATE

Cell study reveals how #headinjuries lead to serious #brain diseases @NatureComms https://t.co/GCzEOuei4V

— Medical Xpress (@medical_xpress) November 16, 2018

Single cell molecular alterations reveal target cells and pathways of concussive brain injury | Nature Communications https://t.co/cSMsVfKWIb pic.twitter.com/cspE8glW0J

— Concerned Mom (@ConcernedMom9) November 18, 2018
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2018 Catastrophic Football Injury Update

(Does not include dozens of temporarily paralyzed players who walked out of the hospital within 24 hours) https://t.co/JvG2KtYax6@stefanfatsis @bachyns @ConcernedMom9 @FootballDamage pic.twitter.com/9fyXstjauo

— Kent Johnson (@37919KJ) November 23, 2018
Cultural Transmission: 1982
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​
​
​Andrew Grinde

Got Out;
Millions Still
​In Harm's Way
​

A Yale football player quits to save his brain https://t.co/TkK3RUY9yf

— Debra Pyka (@DebbiePyka) November 17, 2018

Does football meet the legal criteria for an "Ultra-Hazardous Activity"?https://t.co/l6DezltmyA

— Kent Johnson (@37919KJ) November 3, 2018
"
Ultra-Hazardous Activity

“An activity or process
​that presents
an unavoidable risk
of serious harm…."

​
"In determining whether an activity is abnormally dangerous, the following factors are to be considered: (a) existence of a high degree of risk of some harm to the person…; (b) likelihood that the harm that results from it will be great; (c) inability to eliminate the risk by the exercise of reasonable care; (d) extent to which the activity is not a matter of common usage; (e) inappropriateness of the activity to the place where it is carried on; and (f) extent to which its value to the community is outweighed by its dangerous attributes.”
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"​Just because
this might be
entrenched,

normalized, or typical
at our campus
​or elsehwhere

does not make it
remotely acceptable,
particularly
when it's perpetuated

by paid
public servants."

Playing high school football changes the teenage brainhttps://t.co/TPCoIlCQia

— Concerned Mom (@ConcernedMom9) November 15, 2018

Contact Sports Associated with Lewy Body Disease | Research https://t.co/KREsChMuPr pic.twitter.com/KxIXi8Jzyo

— Concerned Mom (@ConcernedMom9) November 14, 2018
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Nearly a third of children with #concussion experience symptoms for a year, NICHD-funded study finds.

Huge gulf btw this & studies on RTP from sports concussion saying 90% "recover" in a month. Why? For starters, 1-year follow up is rare. More thoughts?https://t.co/8lXPHJkptx

— Chris Nowinski, Ph.D. (@ChrisNowinski1) October 28, 2018

Analysis shows 147 college football programs had at least one player diagnosed with CTE. https://t.co/aKq7HG8pA5

— A.J. Perez (@byajperez) November 2, 2018

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By Dr. Jana - http://docjana.com/saltatory-conduction/ ; https://www.patreon.com/posts/4374048, CC BY 4.0, Link

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Brain Cells &
​Skin Cells


"Your skin cells keep dividing,
they die & give birth
to new cells all the time....
After an injury,

the skin makes
a bunch of new cells
& uses them to heal
your wound.

Yet, nerve cells ​in your brain,
also called neurons,
do not renew ​themselves.... 
This is especially worrisome
because 
neurons
are very sensitive cells & they die
​for all sorts of reasons.
" 

Much Respect to these students @UofMaryland Who would send their son to play football for this program after this ? They acted like it was just an accident and they did nothing wrong. #JordanMcNair’s family deserves better than thishttps://t.co/faG3hNGbrD

— Etan Thomas (@etanthomas36) October 31, 2018

​They're kids.
I don't care how big
or fast or strong they are
-- they're still
just kids;
human beings
suffering & dying
in our schools.

Yes, people need
to be held
accountable.
But we must also recognize,
this is
a systemic problem.
Policies and laws
need ​to change.


In the 1950s and 1960s Harry Kaplan and Jefferson Browder described the existence of CTE as an illusion, denied that repeated punches had anything to do with it, and they advocated for the boxing industry and sometimes represented it. pic.twitter.com/eh6cIEbYqf

— Stephen T Casper (@TheNeuroTimes) October 25, 2018
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